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State Fair Menus Feature Deep-Fried Everything, From Snickers to Mac & Cheese (Photos)

Fair Food

We’ve come a long way from candy apples and cotton candy. Today’s fair-food fare can give you a heart attack just looking at the menus.

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Malcolm Jones
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Since the Middle Ages, fairs have been occasions for farmers to display what they grew and what was canned at home. In the last century, vendors added what were then exotic treats, from candy apples to cotton candy.

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